safetying

Verb

safety (third-person singular simple present safeties, present participle safetying, simple past and past participle safetied)

1. (transitive) To secure (a mechanical component, as in aviation) to keep it from becoming detached even under vibration.
2. to secure a firing pin, as in guns, to keep the gun from firing
   • Time went back to normal for him; he safetied his own weapon and dropped it, jumping forward.2011, Time Crime, page 92

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